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Job 11:12
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Job 11:12
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12 But the stupid will get understanding
when a wild ass is born human.[a]
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- 11.12 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 11:12
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Job 11:12
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- Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame
James 3:13-17
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James 3:13-17
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Two Kinds of Wisdom
13 Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.(A) 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant and lie about the truth. 15 This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.(B) 16 For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.(C) 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.(D)
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James 3:13-17
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Two Kinds of Wisdom
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it(A) by their good life, by deeds(B) done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(C) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(D) 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(E) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(F) 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition,(G) there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven(H) is first of all pure; then peace-loving,(I) considerate, submissive, full of mercy(J) and good fruit, impartial and sincere.(K)
James 2:20
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James 2:20
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20 Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is worthless?[a]
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- 2.20 Other ancient authorities read dead or empty
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- James 2:20 Some early manuscripts dead
Ecclesiastes 3:18
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Ecclesiastes 3:18
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18 I said to myself with regard to humans that God is testing[a] them to show that they are but animals.(A)
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- 3.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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Ecclesiastes 3:18
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18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.(A)
Psalm 73:22
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Psalm 73:22
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22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.(A)
Psalm 73:22
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Psalm 73:22
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Job 39:5-8
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Job 39:5-8
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5 “Who has let the wild ass go free?
Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,(A)
6 to which I have given the steppe for its home,
the salt land for its dwelling place?(B)
7 It scorns the tumult of the city;
it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
8 It ranges the mountains as its pasture,
and it searches after every green thing.
Job 39:5-8
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Job 39:5-8
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Ephesians 2:3
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, doing the will of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else,(A)
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Ephesians 2:3
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3 All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
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- Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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18 Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.(A) 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written,
“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”(B)
20 and again,
“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise,
that they are futile.”
1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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1 Corinthians 3:18-20
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18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(A) by the standards of this age,(B) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(C) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(D) 20 and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”[b](E)
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- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
Romans 12:16
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Romans 12:16
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16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly;[a] do not claim to be wiser than you are.(A)
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- 12.16 Or give yourselves to humble tasks
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16 Live in harmony with one another.(A) Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[a] Do not be conceited.(B)
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- Romans 12:16 Or willing to do menial work
Romans 1:22
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Romans 1:22
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22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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Romans 1:22
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Romans 1:22
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22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools(A)
Jeremiah 2:24
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Jeremiah 2:24
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24 a wild ass at home in the wilderness
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.(A)
Jeremiah 2:24
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Jeremiah 2:24
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Proverbs 30:2-4
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Proverbs 30:2-4
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2 Surely I am too stupid to be human;
I do not have human understanding.(A)
3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I knowledge of the holy ones.[a](B)
4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is the person’s name?
And what is the name of the person’s child?
Surely you know!(C)
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- 30.3 Or Holy One
Proverbs 30:2-4
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Proverbs 30:2-4
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2 Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
I do not have human understanding.
3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.(A)
4 Who has gone up(B) to heaven and come down?
Whose hands(C) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters(D) in a cloak?(E)
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,(F) and what is the name of his son?
Surely you know!
Psalm 92:6
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Psalm 92:6
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6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
Psalm 92:6
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Psalm 92:6
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6 Senseless people(A) do not know,
fools do not understand,
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